Pessary



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APPLICATON FILED JUNE 29, |920. 1,382,033, Patented June 21, 1921.

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GEORGN'A JANE WALLACE, OF KENSINGTON, LGNDON, ENGLAND.

PESSAR'SZ'.

Application `filed June 29,

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GnonGiNa Jann l/Vfm- LAcn, a subject of the ling of Great Britain, residing at 22 Campden Hill Court, fiensington, London, W. 8., England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pessaries, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention has reference to pessaries or surgical instruments for preventing a lapsus uteri in females, the object being to produce a pessary which can be easily and safely placed in position and removed by the wearer; and which, when in use will cause no discomfort or pain.

According to this invention, the body of the pessary is made of soft rubber with a hollow head filled with a liquid preferably non-elastic, such as glycerin, capable of being expanded and contracted laterally. The stem of the pessary is hollow also, and passing down the center of this stem is a rod, the inner end of which projects through the hollow head, and is secured to a plate embedded in the rubber of the upper part of the head. After the head has been filled with the liquid, another plate or washer is fixed on to the eXtreme end of this rod, and the orice in the head sealed by a rubber patch which covers the latter plate or washer.

The other end of this rod is screw threaded to receive a tapped sleeve fitting loosely in a tube secured in the lower end ofthe stem; and in order to prevent the rod from turning when the sleeve is revolved, two pro jections are formed on said rod, which take into slots formed in the tube. Fitting around the center portion of the sleeve is a collar or bearing held in a fixed position in the tube, which collar acts as a means for keeping the sleeve in place, but allows it to revolve freely.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood l have appended the accompanying drawing.

Figure l is a longitudinal part sectional view of a pessary constructed according to this invention, showing` the lateral expansion of the head when placed in position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal part sectional view showing the head of the pessary contracted laterally and expanded longitudinally ready for removal or insertion.

A represents the head of the pessary, B the stem, D the metal rod, the inner end of which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lune 21, 1921.

le20. serial un. 392,740.

is secured to the plate al embedded in the rubber of the upper part of the head A; a2 another plate or washer fixed on to the eX treme end of the rod D, after the headhas been filled with the liquid; a3 the rubber washer which seals the oriiice in said head; E the headed sleeve which screws on to the lower end of the rod D; F the slotted tube fixed in the lower end of the stem B, Z1 the projections on the rod D which take into the slots f1 in the tube F, ll the collar or bearing in which the sleeve E revolves, which collar is fixed in the lower end o f thd tube F; and 71,1 the collar fixed to the sleeve E above the collar lvl, to prevent said sleeve from screwing olf the end of the rod D.

Now if the stem B is firmly held, and the sleeve E turned in the one direction, the rod D will move upsaid stem and contract the head A laterally, and extend it longitudinally, as shown by Fig'. 2, so that the instrument can then be easily placed in position. After the instrument has been placed in position, by turning the sleeve E lri the reverse direction, the rod D will move down the stem B and contract the headA longitudinally causing the liquid contained therein to expand said head laterally, thereby securely holding said instrument in place.

rhe central portion of the stem B is preferably reinforced internally by the tube b1, and also externally with a rubber impregnated fabric to hold the parts together and to prevent stretching when contracting or expanding the head A. A rubber shield b2 is also preferably formed at the lower end of the stem, to prevent contact of esh with the head of sleeve E when the instrument is in use, and to prevent the fingers nipping the skin when turning the sleeve.

By constructing a pessary in the manner herein set forth and shown, such instrument can be easily and safely placed in position, and removed by the wearer without danger or discomfort.

What l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. ln a pessary, a stem, a hollow head of elastic material secured to the stein, and an operating device slidable longitudinally of the stem and having one end portion se cured to the outer end of the hollow head and aifording a means for drawing its ends together and thereby expanding its middle portion.

2. In e pessuiy, u tubular stein, L hollow heed o1" elastic material formed integral with the stem and. adapted to Contain i'iuicl, and an operating rod slideble longitudinally 'in the stein incl having one end portion sebeing connected to e iocl passing clown the stem of the pesszify, und capable of being opeiuteclY so' as 15o nuove up and down seid stein foi" the purpose of expenfling'end Conui'ueing seid head.

4L. A pessery in which the heed is capable of being expended longiuclinelly7 and eonizie'ted laterally by the n'iovemenl of u iocl in 7the one direction, and contracted longitudinally by the reverse movenie'nt of seid rofl, said longitudinal conmeibion causing u liquid in the hee-ffl to expend said heed laterally loi' the purpose set foith.

ln testimony whereof l have signed :my naine to this Specification in the presence of two Subsciibine witnesses.

, enouenie. eine WALLACE.

Vitnesses: A v

ARTHUR Comi-Imam, H. `W. BENTON NGHAM. Y 

